Mark McKenzie

Biography

Mark McKenzie is an American film composer and orchestrator. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He received his Masters and Doctorate in music composition from the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles where he studied with, among others, Pierre Boulez, Morten Lauridsen and Witold Lutoslawski. He has composed or orchestrated for well over 100 movies. He was an orchestrator for the Academy Award Winning music to Dances With Wolves, the Academy nominated movie scores to Good Will Hunting, Men in Black, and other well-known blockbuster films such as Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Sleepless in Seattle, Mission: Impossible, Nightmare Before Christmas, Lilo and Stitch, The Mummy Returns, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Most Famous Work

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Men in Black

(1997) Orchestrator

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Van Helsing

(2004) Orchestrator

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Ice Age: The Meltdown

(2006) Orchestrator

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

(1993) Orchestrator

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The Mummy Returns

(2001) Orchestrator

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The Ultimate Gift

(2007) Original Music Composer

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Star Trek: Nemesis

(2002) Orchestrator

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Beverly Hills Cop III

(1994) Orchestrator

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Acting

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Music	Max & Me 2023-10-12 Movie
2022	Music	Prancer: A Christmas Tale 2022-11-22 Movie
2020	Music	Dragonheart: Vengeance 2020-02-04 Movie
2015	Music	Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse 2015-02-24 Movie
2011	Music	The Greatest Miracle 2011-10-14 Movie
2007	Music	Saving Sarah Cain 2007-08-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Ultimate Gift 2007-03-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Last Sin Eater 2007-02-09 Movie
2006	Orchestrator	Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006-03-29 Movie
2005	Music	Silver Bells 2005-11-27 Movie
2004	Orchestrator	Van Helsing 2004-05-03 Movie
2003	Music	Blizzard 2003-05-15 Movie
2002	Orchestrator	Maid in Manhattan 2002-12-13 Movie
	Orchestrator	Star Trek: Nemesis 2002-12-13 Movie
	Orchestrator	Showtime 2002-03-14 Movie
2001	Orchestrator	The Mummy Returns 2001-05-04 Movie
2000	Original Music Composer	The Lost Child 2000-11-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	DragonHeart: A New Beginning 2000-08-08 Movie
1999	Music	Durango 1999-04-25 Movie
1997	Orchestrator	Men in Black 1997-07-02 Movie
1996	Original Music Composer	Death in Granada 1996-11-09 Movie
	Orchestrator	Eraser 1996-06-21 Movie
1995	Original Music Composer	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde 1995-08-25 Movie
1994	Music	Frank & Jesse 1994-10-21 Movie
	Orchestrator	Beverly Hills Cop III 1994-05-24 Movie
	Orchestrator	My Girl 2 1994-02-11 Movie
1993	Orchestrator	The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993-10-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Warlock: The Armageddon 1993-05-01 Movie
1992	Orchestrator	Mr. Saturday Night 1992-09-23 Movie
1991	Conductor	City Slickers 1991-06-07 Movie
	Orchestrator	City Slickers 1991-06-07 Movie
1990	Orchestrator	Narrow Margin 1990-09-21 Movie
1988	Orchestrator	The Presidio 1988-06-10 Movie
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Crew

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1996	Additional Music	Down Periscope 1996-03-01 Movie
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